What makeup you use is important. Many people ask me if they can apply makeup after the facial. My answer is always, “If you are asking that you must know you are using something that is bad for you.” Unfortunately most makeups on the market are manufactured by the same 5 major companies. I don’t care what the names and labels say, they are all the same darn thing. And they are all CRAP! They contain toxic binders, harsh chemicals, and harmful dyes that stop your skin from functioning properly. It is not uncommon for me to be performing extractions and tell you what brand and color makeup you wear by the leftover makeup that has built up and clogged your pores. Bad makeup = bad skin. It’s just that simple.
So what should you use? Well mineral makeup has really come into its own over the last two years mostly due, in my opinion, to the infomercial success of Bare Escentuals. But mineral makeup has continued to grow because people are realizing you can have a flawless finish with a healthy makeup. Mineral makeup is made of pulverized micronized mineral elements. These are natural substances that come from the earth. Think rocks.
Mineral Makeup is the ONLY makeup I recommend, and Jane Iredale is the line I recommend as #1. There are lots of great mineral lines out there right now. Glo, LadyBird, Bare Escentuals aka Bare Minerals, Young Blood, and Mineral Mine are just a few of them, but if you really want the BEST then you have to use Jane Iredale. There is no competition.
After years of using Iredale myself and selling it to satisfied clients I can say that Jane Iredale is the best on the market. I have used just about every other mineral makeup, and trust me, each have a few products I love, but when it comes down to a line that leads the pack it’s Iredale. Jane Iredale began the line because she wanted something natural and healing that effectively covered bruising and redness from peels and surgery. She also wanted it to look perfect in photos, on film, and television. She succeeded so well that the Iredale has not only won an Emmy, but is one of the only makeups that holds up to the perfection needed for HDTV quality.
The first major mineral cosmetic on the market, Iredale sets the bar high for it’s competition because Iredale is about coverage and skin care. It is oil free, contains no FD&C Dyes, or fillers and binders such as lanolin, mineral oil or talc. This makes it completely non-comedogenic. Iredale is so safe it is used on babies as sunscreen!
Iredale is known as “The Skin Care Makeup” because every product is designed to help correct what you are concealing and to enhance your daily skin care routine. Oily? Use Absence, Pure Pressed Powder, and Balance Spray. These products contain ingredients to clean, blot, and balance oil production. Dry or concerned with anti-aging? Use Liquid Mineral, Amazing Base, and D2O. These products will add moisture and antioxidants to your skin while they cover any imperfections. Just had a peel or stayed in the sun too long? Liquid Mineral, Circle Delete, Absence, and D2O will cover the damage flawlessly while healing the skin and reducing the inflammation underneath.
Many women tell me their dream is to have skin so perfect they don’t have to wear makeup. This is a wonderful goal, but with a makeup like Iredale you will stop thinking of it as “makeup” and start thinking of it as what it really is – an extension of your skin care routine. Makeup isn’t just about covering imperfections. It also supplies a barrier between the gunk that touches your skin throughout the day, and highlights your finest qualities. With Iredale you can know that you are getting ingredients that benefit the skin and an SPF that the FDA has given a “very water resistant” rating. I always brag that I apply my makeup in the morning, workout with my personal trainer, shower, rinse my face, blot it dry, then go to work. I never re-touch or re-apply and yet my zits, redness, and brown spots are all covered.
What makeup you use matters just as much as what products you use matters. You wouldn’t workout and then eat Burger King would you? I didn’t think so.